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2012-10-28
The Central Park Jogger Case
I remember the Central Park jogger case, of twenty years ago, when I was still a student myself, the white yuppie woman who got set upon by a group of black youths, raped and beaten to an inch of her life. Going by the media, people feared a new, dark trend: wilding. There is a story in the Times today on it. Ken Burns, the famous documentarian who got big after his Civil War series, has a new documentary on it.
I apparently missed some of the more recent developments in the case: “The convictions were overturned in 2002, after a serial rapist and murderer, who had staged a similar attack in the park just 48 hours before the one on the jogger, stepped forward to admit his crime, saying that he had acted alone.” Of course, this is not such an unfamiliar pattern in American justice and American society, though I am sure it is not just American, but a world thing, with America just making it more of a black and white thing, rather than the more general rich and poor thing.
(source: The New York Times)
I apparently missed some of the more recent developments in the case: “The convictions were overturned in 2002, after a serial rapist and murderer, who had staged a similar attack in the park just 48 hours before the one on the jogger, stepped forward to admit his crime, saying that he had acted alone.” Of course, this is not such an unfamiliar pattern in American justice and American society, though I am sure it is not just American, but a world thing, with America just making it more of a black and white thing, rather than the more general rich and poor thing.
(source: The New York Times)
The Central Park Jogger Case
I remember the Central Park jogger case, of twenty years ago, when I was still a student myself, the white yuppie woman who got set upon by a group of black youths, raped and beaten to an inch of her life. Going by the media, people feared a new, dark trend: wilding. There is a story in the Times today on it. Ken Burns, the famous documentarian who got big after his Civil War series, has a new documentary on it.
I apparently missed some of the more recent developments in the case: “The convictions were overturned in 2002, after a serial rapist and murderer, who had staged a similar attack in the park just 48 hours before the one on the jogger, stepped forward to admit his crime, saying that he had acted alone.” Of course, this is not such an unfamiliar pattern in American justice and American society, though I am sure it is not just American, but a world thing, with America just making it more of a black and white thing, rather than the more general rich and poor thing.
(source: The New York Times)
I apparently missed some of the more recent developments in the case: “The convictions were overturned in 2002, after a serial rapist and murderer, who had staged a similar attack in the park just 48 hours before the one on the jogger, stepped forward to admit his crime, saying that he had acted alone.” Of course, this is not such an unfamiliar pattern in American justice and American society, though I am sure it is not just American, but a world thing, with America just making it more of a black and white thing, rather than the more general rich and poor thing.
(source: The New York Times)
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"Taming the Beast"
After years of separation, Sarah and her old teacher, Daniel Carr, have gotten back together. He is divorced and single and she has moved in with him. And their deviant passion only continues to escalate, becoming so bizarre that the story begins to strain credulity for me, but remained interesting. I loved the first three-quarters or so and got lost near the end, but would still recommend the book to someone looking for a sexy, dark novel. In the excerpt below, Mr. Carr has introduced Sarah into choking sex, and she has asked what was that about.
_ _ _
“Ever used poppers? Nitrates?”
“Yeah. This DJ I used to see was into that shit. Made me want to climb the walls, and not in a good way. But I was speeding all the time back then and I don’t think it was a good mix.”
“Jesus, Sarah.” Daniel frowned, his eyebrows knitted together. “Anyway what you experienced was the non-chemical equivalent of inhaling nitrate at the moment of climax. I restricted your oxygen supply and the cerebral cortex went to sleep and stopped inhibiting the areas of the brain which stimulate sensation.”
“You strangled me to make me come harder?”
“Basically.”
“Oh.” Sarah touched the tender flesh on her neck, glancing back at the mirror to see again the black marks his fingers had left.
“Don’t just say ‘oh’. You’re supposed to be terribly impressed. It cost me a lot of money to learn that technique. It’s considered a specialty.”
“What if I’d died?”
Daniel bared his teeth and spoke from the back of his throat. “I would have cut my throat and slowly bled to death over your corpse.”
-- “Taming the Beast” by Emily Maguire
_ _ _
“Ever used poppers? Nitrates?”
“Yeah. This DJ I used to see was into that shit. Made me want to climb the walls, and not in a good way. But I was speeding all the time back then and I don’t think it was a good mix.”
“Jesus, Sarah.” Daniel frowned, his eyebrows knitted together. “Anyway what you experienced was the non-chemical equivalent of inhaling nitrate at the moment of climax. I restricted your oxygen supply and the cerebral cortex went to sleep and stopped inhibiting the areas of the brain which stimulate sensation.”
“You strangled me to make me come harder?”
“Basically.”
“Oh.” Sarah touched the tender flesh on her neck, glancing back at the mirror to see again the black marks his fingers had left.
“Don’t just say ‘oh’. You’re supposed to be terribly impressed. It cost me a lot of money to learn that technique. It’s considered a specialty.”
“What if I’d died?”
Daniel bared his teeth and spoke from the back of his throat. “I would have cut my throat and slowly bled to death over your corpse.”
-- “Taming the Beast” by Emily Maguire
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"Taming the Beast"
After years of separation, Sarah and her old teacher, Daniel Carr, have gotten back together. He is divorced and single and she has moved in with him. And their deviant passion only continues to escalate, becoming so bizarre that the story begins to strain credulity for me, but remained interesting. I loved the first three-quarters or so and got lost near the end, but would still recommend the book to someone looking for a sexy, dark novel. In the excerpt below, Mr. Carr has introduced Sarah into choking sex, and she has asked what was that about.
_ _ _
“Ever used poppers? Nitrates?”
“Yeah. This DJ I used to see was into that shit. Made me want to climb the walls, and not in a good way. But I was speeding all the time back then and I don’t think it was a good mix.”
“Jesus, Sarah.” Daniel frowned, his eyebrows knitted together. “Anyway what you experienced was the non-chemical equivalent of inhaling nitrate at the moment of climax. I restricted your oxygen supply and the cerebral cortex went to sleep and stopped inhibiting the areas of the brain which stimulate sensation.”
“You strangled me to make me come harder?”
“Basically.”
“Oh.” Sarah touched the tender flesh on her neck, glancing back at the mirror to see again the black marks his fingers had left.
“Don’t just say ‘oh’. You’re supposed to be terribly impressed. It cost me a lot of money to learn that technique. It’s considered a specialty.”
“What if I’d died?”
Daniel bared his teeth and spoke from the back of his throat. “I would have cut my throat and slowly bled to death over your corpse.”
-- “Taming the Beast” by Emily Maguire
_ _ _
“Ever used poppers? Nitrates?”
“Yeah. This DJ I used to see was into that shit. Made me want to climb the walls, and not in a good way. But I was speeding all the time back then and I don’t think it was a good mix.”
“Jesus, Sarah.” Daniel frowned, his eyebrows knitted together. “Anyway what you experienced was the non-chemical equivalent of inhaling nitrate at the moment of climax. I restricted your oxygen supply and the cerebral cortex went to sleep and stopped inhibiting the areas of the brain which stimulate sensation.”
“You strangled me to make me come harder?”
“Basically.”
“Oh.” Sarah touched the tender flesh on her neck, glancing back at the mirror to see again the black marks his fingers had left.
“Don’t just say ‘oh’. You’re supposed to be terribly impressed. It cost me a lot of money to learn that technique. It’s considered a specialty.”
“What if I’d died?”
Daniel bared his teeth and spoke from the back of his throat. “I would have cut my throat and slowly bled to death over your corpse.”
-- “Taming the Beast” by Emily Maguire
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